The guest photo album page is designated for images captured by the Maplelag guests. If you have a special photo or two to share, please feel free to e-mail them to [email protected] Thanks for sharing!!
Photo provided by Mia Presteng with daughters Julia and Annelise.Julia and Siri Olson skiing at Maplelag, late February 2009Picture drawn by Josh Goering who stayed with his family in the Candy Store cabin.Bryan and Angie Brunow before the start of the Lotvola Cup 2009Bryan Brunow having fun on the trail, March 7th 2009.
Photo provided by Jennifer Niemeierof Pat Palecek and Denny Rogers and 4 of their grandkids. We were up Feb 21-23. It was Joe’s Joe’s first time on skis and he really got going!!
>From Left to Right: Joe Niemeier (4), Jack Niemeier (6), Denny Rogers, Pat Palecek, Ellie Gilbert (4) and Kyle Gilbert (7)
Photo taken by Winona LaDuke of Marty, the fabulous Saginaw Chippewa sporting his makinaw during a break from the Great Lakes Indigenous Farming Retreat held at Maplelag mid February.Photo taken by Brad Olson of frosted tamarac tree in between Twin Lakes on Island Lake trail.Photo taken by Brad Olson on Island Lake trail in between the Twin Lakes.Photo taken by Brad Olson of frosted tamarac trees in between Twin Lakes on Island Lake trail over Presidents weekend.Photo taken by Nanette Moloney of the morning sun touching off the frosted trees on the edge of Little Sugarbush.Photo provided by Mary Andrews of the Andrews Family, Presidents weekend 2009.Photo taken by Nanette Moloney of frosted trees from Little Sugarbush.Photo provided by Mary Andrews of friends Sharon, Kathy and Mary on the north end of Bullhead Lake.Photo taken by Jean Kraft of sunset over Little Sugarbush and Loon Return ski trail.Photo taken by Jean Kraft of the famous Scandinavian Smorgasbord.Photo taken by Ellen Smith in the dining room of the stained glass windows lighting up nicely with the afternoon sun.Photo taken by Ellen Smith of the west end of the Candy Store cabin and Orange and Red Caboose on a bright sunny day. Photo taken by Maelene Krig of David Krig pulling the pulk.Photo taken by Maelene Krig of Alyssa having fun at the entrance of the lodge.Photo taken by Maelene Krig of Linnea and friend on the side of the trail.Self timer photo by Gordon and Janice McBean enjoying the cozy conditions in the skinny field, New Years Day 2009.Photo taken by Gordon McBean of guests relaxing in the lounge area near the famous bottomless cookie jars.Photo taken by Gordon at the top of the sledding hill.Photo taken by Steve Wenzel on the "wavy" section of Wavy Gravy.Self timer photo of the Bill, Chris and Dana Thomas family in front of the Maplelag fireplace. The Thomas family was here during one of the coldest weeks of the winter, skiing in -25 degree temps!Barb and Ryan Lutterman. Photo taken by Lee.Mary and Eddy Lawther enjoying each others company on Rootin Tootin. Photo taken by Lee Lutterman.Ryan Lutterman catching air in the back bowl/sledding hill. Photo taken by Lee.Ryan Lutterman on Sukkerbusk on a frosty MLK morning.
Minnesota Nordic ski legend Norm Oakvik striding on Twin Lakes Tuesday afternoon. Norm has a rich history of helping develop Nordic skiing in Minnesota and helped with early trail design at Maplelag.
On January 30th, 2009 we saw our first day above freezing for the winter season 2008-09 when the temperature hit near 40 degrees. We also had high winds with gusts in Detroit Lakes area reported at 50mph. Since we had no days before that to “transform” the snow, the snow was still dry and fluffy. A combination of high winds and the snow sticky at the surface but light enough to form a ball when pushed by the wind, snow rollers formed in a few select open areas. This is a phenomen not seen very often. Photos below taken in Roy’s field which is the field Skaters Waltz extension loops around.
Jake skiing at the Section 8 Nordic Ski Championships at Camp Ripley en route to qualify for the state meet. Jake has skied the Maplelag trails the most out of anyone this season, reaching his goal of skiing every trail at least 7 times this ski season, last weekend.
North Star Ski Club morning crew enjoying the frost conditions on Rootin Tootin this morning.
The North Star Ski Touring Club has been coming to Maplelag for almost 30 years. Typically the first ones and last ones on the trail during the day!! Mother North Star ski trail is named after one of the founding members of the club, Ginny McWethy.
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